Re: Lewis Adkins b. 1810 in VA

OH: I FOR GOT TO TELL YOU. LEWIS MARRIED ELIZABETH LIBBY HANER, THEY HAD CHILDREN TOGETHER. WHEN THE CHILDREN WERE PRETTY WELL GROWN. LIBBY DIED AND MARY BARKER WAS A NEIGHBOR AND BEST FRIENDS WITH LEWIS AND LIBBY. 2 YEARS BEFOR LIBBY DIED HER BROTHER DIED AND HE WAS MARRIED TO MARY BARKER.SO WHEN LEWIS BECAME A WIDOWER AND MARY WAS ALREADY A WIDOW. THE 2 MARRIED.WHEN THEY MARRIED, LEWIS AND MARY, THEY BOUGHT A BIBLE AND PUT THEIR NAMES IN IT AND THE CHILDREN,S. HER CHILDREN SHE HAD WITH LIBBYS BROTHER "HANNER " I CAN'T THINK OF HIS NAME RIGHT OFF, BUT I HAVE IT IN MY FILES.AND THE CHILDREN LEWIS HAD WITH LIBBY. ALL THESE CHILDREN WERE RAISE NEXT DOOR TO EACH OTHER. THEIR PARENTS WERE BEST OF FRIENDS, AND VERY CLOSE. ALL THE CHILDREN WERE FIRST COUSINS.IT TOOK ME 5 YEARS TO GET THIS FIGURED OT THROUGH STATE RECORDS. ALSO LIBBY WAS MARRIED AT 12 OR 13 YEARS OLD.I HAVE HIS NAME ON THE RECORDS. THEN AT ABOUT 15 SHE MARRIED AGAIN, THEN ABOUT 17-18 SHE MARRIE LEWIS ADKINS.MARY BARKER WAS ONLY MARRIED 2 TIMES.